Christiane Charlotte of Württemberg-Winnental

Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Christiane Charlotte of Württemberg-Winnental

Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach
Tenure	28 August 1709 – 7 January 1723

Born	(1694-08-20)20 August 1694 Stuttgart
Died	25 December 1729(1729-12-25) (aged 35) Ludwigsburg
Spouse	William Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach
Issue	Karl Wilhelm Friedrich, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach Margravine Eleonore Margrave Frederick Charles
House	Württemberg
Father	Frederick Charles, Duke of Württemberg-Winnental
Mother	Margravine Eleonore Juliane of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Christiane Charlotte of Württemberg-Winnental (20 August 1694 – 25 December 1729) was a German princess and regent. She was regent of Brandenburg-Ansbach in 1723-1729.

Born in Kirchheim unter Teck, her parents were Frederick Charles, Duke of Württemberg-Winnental, and his wife Margravine Eleonore Juliane of Brandenburg-Ansbach, a daughter of Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach.

Christine Charlotte was also margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach through her marriage to her cousin William Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, of the House of Hohenzollern. She became regent of Ansbach from her husband's death in 1723 until the end of the minority of their eldest son, Charles William Frederick, in 1729. Christiane and William Frederick's other children were Eleonore (1713–1714) and Frederick Charles (1715–1716). Schloss Bruckberg was used as her sons' "educational establishment".^[1] She died in Ansbach in 1729 and is now buried in the margraves' vault in St Gumbertus's Church in Ansbach.^[2]

Ancestors

Ancestors of Christiane Charlotte of Württemberg-Winnental

16. Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg

8. John Frederick, Duke of Württemberg

17. Princess Sibylla of Anhalt-Zerbst

4. Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg

18. Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg

9. Princess Barbara Sophie of Brandenburg

19. Princess Catherine of Brandenburg-Küstrin

2. Frederick Charles, Duke of Württemberg-Winnental

20. Otto I, Wild- and Rhinegrave of Kyrburg-Mörchingen

10. Johannes Casimir, Wild- and Rhinegrave of Salm-Kyrburg

21. Countess Otillie of Nassau-Weilburg

5. Wild- and Rhinegravine Anna Katharina of Salm-Kyrburg

22. John George I, Count of Solms-Laubach

11. Countess Dorothea von Solms-Laubach

23. Margarete von Schönburg-Glauchau

1. Christiane Charlotte of Württemberg-Winnental

24. John George, Elector of Brandenburg

12. Joachim Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

25. Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst

6. Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

26. John George I, Count of Solms-Laubach (= 22)

13. Countess Sophie of Solms-Laubach

27. Margarete von Schönburg-Glauchau (= 23)

3. Margravine Eleonore Juliane of Brandenburg-Ansbach

28. Ludwig Eberhard, Count of Oettingen-Oettingen

14. Joachim Ernst, Count of Oettingen-Oettingen

29. Countess Margareta von Erbach

7. Countess Sophie Margarete of Oettingen-Oettingen

30. Heinrich Wilhelm, Count of Solms-Sonnenwalde-Pouch

25. Countess Anna Sibylla of Solms-Sonnenwalde-Pouch

31. Countess Sophie Dorothea of Mansfeld-Arnstein

References

^ "Erwachsenenbildung - Gemeinde Bruckberg".
^ "Die Gruft der Hohenzollern". Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2010-12-10.

Bibliography

M. Spindler, A. Kraus: Geschichte Frankens bis zum Ausgang des 18. Jahrhunderts, München 1997. ISBN 3-406-39451-5
A. Schödl: Frauen und dynastische Politik, 1703-1723. Die Markgräfinnen Elisabeth Sophie von Brandenburg und Christiane Charlotte von Ansbach, Plassenburg 2007. ISBN 978-3-925162-24-4
A. Schödl: Christiane Charlotte. Fürstin, Mutter und Frau, Sonderdruck Nr. 7. Verein der Freunde von Triesdorf 2009

German nobility
Christiane Charlotte of Württemberg-Winnental House of Württemberg Born: 20 August 1694 Died: 25 December 1729
Vacant Title last held by Eleonore Erdmuthe of Saxe-Eisenach	Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach 28 August 1709 – 7 January 1723	Vacant Title next held by Friederike Luise of Prussia